BALTIMORE — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
arrested J. Zeledón R., 56, an undocumented immigrant and Nicaraguan
citizen, in Hyattsville on March 6 after he admitted during immigration
proceedings to having massacred approximately 20 people in the 1990s while
serving in the Nicaraguan military.
“This arrest underscores the importance of ICE to the
security of our nation,” said Matthew Elliston, acting director of ICE’s
Enforcement and Removal Operations Field Office in Baltimore. “During the
process, this individual admitted to his horrific past: massacring innocent
people and subsequently collaborating with a ruthless drug cartel in Mexico.
His presence in the United States posed a direct threat to public safety, and
thanks to the diligent work of our officers, he will no longer be able to hide
in our communities.” ICE remains committed to identifying, arresting, and
deporting dangerous criminals who have no place in our neighborhoods.” U.S.
Customs and Border Protection arrested Zeledón at the Gateway International
Bridge in Brownsville, Texas, on March 29, 2023, and issued him a summons to
appear.
Zeledon attended a hearing before an immigration judge at
the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review on March 5. During
the hearing, Zeledon openly admitted to serving in the Nicaraguan military from
1995 to 1996 and firing an AK-47 into a crowd of civilians, killing
approximately 20 people. Zeledon also admitted to moving to Mexico and
providing material support to a cartel. The immigration judge ordered him
deported from the United States to Nicaragua.
Zeledon remains in ICE custody awaiting deportation.

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